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Efrain E. Rodriguez, Christopher K. Stock, P. Zajdel, Kathryn L. Krycka, Charles Majkrzak, P. Zavalij, Mark Green
Through neutron diffraction experiments, including spin-polarized measurements, we construct a magnetic-crystallographic phase diagram of the superconducting
M. Ramazanoglu, William D. Ratcliff, H. T. Yi, A. A. Sirenko, S.- W. Cheong, V. Kiryukhin
Neutron diffraction is used to show that small (7 MPa, or 70 bar) uniaxial pressure produces significant changes in the populations of magnetic domains in a
Ultra-high-speed (UHS) miniature spindles are widely used for mechanical micromachining processes, such as micromilling and microdrilling, as well as for
Stephen L. Redman, James E. Lawler, Gillian Nave, Lawrence W. Ramsey, Suvrath Mahadevan
We provide new measurements of wavenumbers and line identifications of 10100 UI and UII near-infrared (NIR) emission lines between 2500 cm−1 and 12000 cm−1
Panagiotis Keivanidis, Frederic Laquai, Joseph W. Robertson, Baluschev Stanislav, Josemon Jacob, Klaus Mullen, Gerhard Wegner
The mechanism of triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) induced up-converted delayed luminescence is studied in two different binary organic systems consisting of
Granodiorite material from a rock quarry in California was prepared by first quarrying large boulders, and then crushing down to smaller sizes. A range of
We have performed the heat capacity, neutron diffraction, and neutron quasielas- tic scattering measurements of an ionic liquid 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium
Justin M. Zook, Stephen E. Long, Danielle Cleveland, Carly L. Geronimo, Robert I. MacCuspie
Distinguishing the toxic effects of nanoparticles (NPs) themselves from the well-studied toxic effects of their ions is a critical but challenging measurement
Vladimir Diky, Ala B. Bazyleva, Andrey V. Blokhin, Gennady J. Kabo, Mikhail B. Charapennikau, Vladimir N. Emel'yanenko, Sergey P. Verevkin
The heat capacity and parameters of the solid-to-solid phase transition of adamantane were measured in the temperature range (80 to 370) K using adiabatic
Shao-Chun Wang, Panteha Mirarefi, Antonio Faraone, Jr. Lee
A photo-responsive surfactant has been used as a means to control protein structure and dynamics with light illumination. This cationic azobenzene surfactant
K. Tomiyasu, Michael K. Crawford, D.T. Adroja, P. Manuel, A. Tominaga, S. Hara, H. Sato, T. Watanabe, S. I. Ikeda, Jeffrey W. Lynn, K. Iwasa, K Yamada
We describe powder and single-crystal inelastic neutron scattering experiments on a spinel-type antiferromagnet GeCo 2O 4 with orbital degrees of freedom, which
The present challenge for the international radiobioassay community is to analyze contaminated samples rapidly while maintaining high quality results. NIST runs
A first key comparison has been made between the air-kerma standards of the NIST and the BIPM in mammography x ray beams. The results show the standards to be
Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Carl G. Simon Jr., Young-Hun Chae
The adhesion of Osteoblast-like cells to silicate and borate glasses was measured using colloidal probe microscopy in a cell growth medium. The probe consisted
Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Geraldine I. Mijares, Brian J. Nablo, Kimberly A. Briggman, Michael Gaitan
An electrical method to trap and release charged gold nanoparticles on and from the surface of alkanethiol self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) modified gold
Jason P. Campbell, Kin P. Cheung, John S. Suehle, A Oates
Series resistance has become a serious obstacle inhibiting the performance of advanced CMOS devices. However, series resistance quantification in these same
Kristine A. Bertness, Norman A. Sanford, Albert Davydov
The unique properties of GaN nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy are reviewed. These properties include the absence of residual strain, exclusion of most
Si is very reactive to normal plasma etchants such as fluorine based chemicals and the reactions are inherently isotropic. To fabricate small and/or high aspect
A typical zone plate structure is composed of concentric rings with a radially decreasing feature size such that the path of light through every second zone to
Mark R. Stoudt, Joseph B. Hubbard, Stefan D. Leigh
Three different heat treatments of aluminum alloy AA5052 were subjected to various levels of uniaxial plastic strain. The resulting surface topographies were
In the drive to produce more sustainable concretes, considerable emphasis has been placed on replacing cement in concrete mixtures with more sustainable
A historical article about early clocks and time measurements (Part I of a IV-part series). It describes a number of different types of early clocks including
Ronald F. Boisvert, Charles W. Clark, Daniel W. Lozier, Frank W. Olver
The NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) is a reference work providing information on the properties of the special functions of applied
Nathan Lowhorn, Winnie Wong-Ng, John Lu, Joshua B. Martin, Martin L. Green, John E. Bonevich, Evan L. Thomas, Neil Dilley, Jeff Sharp
We have successfully developed a Seebeck coefficient Standard Reference Material (SRM), Bi2Te3, that is essential for interlaboratory data comparison and for
Margaret C. Kline, Carolyn R. Steffen, John M. Butler, Amy Decker
DNA sequence variation is known to exist in and around the repeat region of short tandem repeat (STR) loci used in human identity testing. While the vast
Carolyn R. Steffen, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, John M. Butler
The PowerPlex® ESX 17 and ESI 17 Systems for short tandem repeat (STR) amplification were developed by the Promega Corporation to meet the European Network of
Few studies have estimated the effect of environmental amenities on the rental price of houses. We address this gap in the literature by quantifying the effect
Rebecca L. Thomas, Meng Zhu, Cindi L. Dennis, Veena Misra, Robert McMichael
A spin-wave Doppler technique is used to measure the spin-transfer velocity and the current polarization in current-carrying (Ni80Fe20)1-xGdx alloy wires
ASTM C1585 is commonly used to determine the absorption and rate of absorption of water in unsaturated hydraulic cement concretes. ASTM C1585 preconditions the
F Case, Anne M. Chaka, Jonathan D. Moore, Raymond D. Mountain, Richard B. Ross, Vincent K. Shen, Eric A. Stahlberg
The sixth industrial fluid properties simulation challenge was held in 2010. The contestants were challenged to predict mutual solubility in liquid-liquid